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Why I always keep doing it... (lemmy.world)
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[–] rumschlumpel@feddit.org 23 points 1 day ago (4 children)

But sometimes it works, or throws a different error ...

[–] einkorn@feddit.org 22 points 1 day ago (1 children)

And a different error means progress!

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

A different error each time?

[–] einkorn@feddit.org 1 points 1 day ago

I refer to @floofloof@lemmy.ca comment.

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

When it does a different crazy thing every time and you have no idea why, it means you're a genius and have created life.

[–] littleomid@feddit.org 2 points 23 hours ago

Or you’re coding in C.

[–] atopi@piefed.blahaj.zone 2 points 22 hours ago

you have to check if you are dealing with a bug or with a ghost

[–] idunnololz@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Actually tru. Damn preprocessors.